TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mahajan,Sucheta
TI  - Independence and partition: the erosion of colonial power in India
SN  - 0761993673 (cloth)
U1  - 954.03 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - India
KW  - Communalism
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Partition of India (1947)
N1  - Contents
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Background
1. Nationalist Activity and Government Response at the
End of the War 2. Planning of the Political Offer, the Simla Conference
and its Breakdown
PART II: Imperialism and Nationalism
3. Congress Strategy and Popular Natiorjalist Activity
4. "Popular Movements": Myth and Reality
5. Imperial Hegemony and Colonial Policy
PART III: Imperialism, Natf.nalisn. ana Commu„all»m
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6. "Unite and Quit
7. "Decide on a Date and Quit
8. "Divide and Quit
PART IVi Nationalism and Commonalism
9. Congress and Che Muslim Leagues Demand
10. to'pai^rofHinduCommunansm^Maiori.yReacdon,
11. HintLmlnal Pressure on Che Congress

8 Independence and Partition
PART V: Denouement
12. Congress Accepts Partition 333
13. Why Gandhi Accepted the Decision to Par,ition India 360
Conclusion
Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index 397
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